Chapter Summaries

Chapter Summary: “Limbo: Border Jail”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Chiba returns the enormous meteor to Nagato by using Earth Release: Ultra-Light-Weight Rock Technique to manipulate it, then restoring and increasing its weight with Ultra-Heavy-Weight Rock Technique before striking it downward.
• Nagato counters the attack with his newly awakened Limbo: Border Jail. Invisible shadows shatter the meteor and knock Chiba away, stunning Ōnoki.
• Chiba identifies Nagato’s technique and admits that his Byakugan cannot detect the invisible Limbo shadows. However, because his Replicated Tenseigan can copy abilities that attack him, he is able to replicate Limbo: Border Jail.
• Rather than immediately activating a stronger transformation or using his Rinnegan, Chiba tests a more conventional strategy. He creates thousands of shadow clones, which summon thousands of Hamura Statues.
• Nagato summons two Limbo shadows, each capable of using Complete Body Susanoo, and begins destroying Chiba’s clones from multiple directions.
• Chiba realizes that the clones’ attacks and destruction have allowed him to determine the locations of Nagato’s invisible shadows.
• Believing that the battle is now ready to end, Chiba summons the Chakra forms of seven tailed beasts: Shukaku, Matatabi, Son Goku, Kokuō, Chōmei, Gyūki, and Kurama.

Character Developments

• Chiba continues demonstrating overwhelming versatility and tactical intelligence. He adapts quickly to Nagato’s Limbo technique, copies it after being struck, and deliberately avoids using his strongest forms so he can evaluate his normal combat abilities.
• Nagato displays greater confidence and power after awakening Limbo: Border Jail. He destroys Chiba’s meteor effortlessly and treats Ōnoki with contempt, viewing him as insignificant while maintaining respect for Chiba.
• Ōnoki becomes increasingly overwhelmed and confused. He is dragged into the confrontation without warning, cannot understand Nagato’s unseen attack, and is horrified by the growing number of Chiba clones and statues.

Significant Themes

• Power and perception: The battle emphasizes the difference between what can be seen or sensed and what exists beyond ordinary perception. Nagato’s invisible Limbo shadows initially bypass Chiba’s Byakugan.
• Adaptation and strategy: Chiba wins advantages not merely through raw strength but by allowing himself to be attacked, copying Nagato’s ability, and using shadow clones to expose the Limbo shadows’ positions.
• Hierarchy and arrogance: Nagato’s attitude toward Ōnoki reveals his godlike self-image and his belief that ordinary shinobi are beneath him, contrasting with the respect and gratitude he shows Chiba.
• Escalation of power: The confrontation steadily expands from a single meteor to invisible clones, thousands of summons, Susanoo-equipped shadows, and finally multiple tailed beasts.

Character Interactions

• Chiba and Nagato engage in a direct contest of increasingly powerful techniques, with each countering the other’s moves.
• Nagato dismisses Ōnoki as a “mere mortal,” provoking the Tsuchikage and reinforcing the imbalance between them.
• Chiba studies Nagato’s abilities rather than confronting him recklessly, using the battle as a test of his own normal-state strength.
• The chapter ends with Chiba dramatically shifting the balance again by calling forth seven tailed-beast Chakra forms, setting up the next stage of the battle.

Key plot points and events

• Ōnoki is stunned when Chiba summons seven Tailed Beast-like constructs, despite their original Jinchūriki still being alive. Nagato recognizes them as masses of Tailed Beast Chakra rather than the real beasts, but judges them powerful enough to match the originals.
• Chiba sends the constructs against Nagato and his shadow clones. Nagato releases a third shadow, leaving the seven constructs to face four opponents wielding Perfect Susanoo and the Rinnegan.
• Chiba has the constructs combine their Tailed Beast Bombs into a gigantic attack. Before Nagato can stop them, his eyes begin bleeding and his Susanoo and shadows fade—he has reached his limit.
• Chiba realizes Nagato is in danger and teleports him and the fleeing Ōnoki to Konan’s safe location. The combined blast leaves an enormous, roughly hundred-kilometer-wide crater and a seemingly bottomless abyss.
• Chiba later explains that the fight pushed his normal state to its limit. Nagato admits he had hoped his mastery of the Rinnegan would help him catch up, but instead the battle showed how far behind Chiba he remains.
• Chiba calls Nagato the second strongest below “Six Paths Level.” When Konan and Nagato ask what that means, Chiba says only he and Toneri currently qualify for that level in the Ninja World.

Character developments and interactions

• Chiba demonstrates overwhelming power but also restraint and concern: rather than let Nagato be caught in the blast, he saves him and Ōnoki. He encourages Nagato, framing the fight as a rare achievement even though Nagato lost.
• Nagato shifts from confidence in his improved Rinnegan abilities to humbled acceptance of Chiba’s superiority. His questions reveal his curiosity about the power hierarchy.
• Ōnoki and Konan witness the scale of Chiba’s strength and conclude that they must avoid provoking him, especially because their villages depend on them.
• Chiba’s casual praise and shoulder-pat contrast with Nagato’s disappointment, while Konan and Ōnoki’s reactions underline how terrifying the battle was.

Significant themes

• The gulf between strength and mastery: Nagato’s growth is real, but Chiba’s power has advanced much further.
• Power carries responsibility: Chiba’s concern for Nagato and his decision to evacuate others show that strength can be used protectively.
• Leadership and restraint: Ōnoki, Nagato, and Konan recognize that their duties to their villages make reckless confrontation too costly.
• Power hierarchy: The chapter introduces “Six Paths Level” as a dividing line, placing Chiba and Toneri above the rest of the Ninja World.

Summary of “Ōnoki’s Dilemma”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Chiba explains the nature of Six Paths Level power to Ōnoki, Nagato, and Konan. Such beings possess immense physical enhancements, Yin-Yang Release, Truth-Seeking Orbs, flight, rapid regeneration, and resistance to all but senjutsu, taijutsu, or comparable abilities.
• The group is stunned by the explanation and by the overwhelming strength Chiba and Toneri have displayed. Chiba ends the gathering and teleports everyone home.
• In the Land of Rain, Konan and Nagato acknowledge that Chiba’s ordinary state was strong enough to suppress Nagato at his peak. Nagato briefly worries about Chiba possessing two Six Paths-level allies, but concludes that Chiba’s past assistance proves he does not intend to destroy the Ninja World.
• In Iwagakure, Ōnoki warns his village to avoid opposing Chiba, believing resistance would mean certain death. However, Kitsuchi reveals a serious political problem: the Land of Earth’s daimyo has already reduced Iwagakure’s funding because of its submission to Chiba.
• With the Fourth Shinobi World War now over and Chiba victorious, the daimyo of multiple nations may openly oppose him and could even demand that Iwagakure be dissolved. Ōnoki decides to use the upcoming meeting in Konoha to mediate between Chiba and the daimyo and prevent war.
• In Sunagakure, Orochimaru tells Chiba that Zetsu attempted to obtain Kabuto Yakushi. Orochimaru suspects Zetsu wants access to Kabuto’s and his own Impure World Reincarnation technique in order to resurrect an important person or group.
• Orochimaru suggests allowing the attempt to proceed so they can discover whom Zetsu plans to revive and gather intelligence about his motives. Chiba agrees but takes precautions by turning Kabuto into a Tenseigan Puppet and placing a Flying Thunder God mark on him.

Character Developments

• Chiba is shown to be vastly more powerful than even the strongest ordinary shinobi. He remains confident and pragmatic, combining overwhelming force with surveillance and contingency planning.
• Ōnoki gains a clearer understanding of Chiba’s power and becomes convinced that direct opposition is impossible. His dilemma shifts from whether to resist Chiba to how to protect Iwagakure from both Chiba and the daimyo.
• Nagato develops greater respect for Chiba and recognizes that Chiba’s aid—particularly in controlling the Rinnegan—indicates that he is not inherently hostile to the Ninja World.
• Konan continues to trust Chiba but regrets missing the opportunity to ask him about reviving Yahiko.
• Orochimaru demonstrates his usual intelligence and willingness to take calculated risks. He values Kabuto but is prepared to use the situation as bait to expose Zetsu’s plans.
• Kabuto becomes even more closely tied to Chiba’s power structure after being made a Tenseigan Puppet and marked for instant teleportation.

Significant Themes

• The consequences of overwhelming power: Chiba’s strength has made military resistance nearly impossible, forcing nations to consider diplomacy and submission.
• Political dependence and vulnerability: The ninja villages rely on their daimyo for funding, meaning that political opposition can threaten their survival even when military opposition is futile.
• Trust versus control: Chiba allows Orochimaru to retain his independent thoughts, yet still protects himself through the ability to convert allies into puppets and monitor them.
• Strategic manipulation and intelligence gathering: Rather than immediately stopping Zetsu, Chiba and Orochimaru plan to exploit his intentions to learn what resurrection scheme he is preparing.
• The burden of leadership: Ōnoki must balance loyalty to Chiba, the survival of Iwagakure, and the anger of the daimyo.

Important Character Interactions

• Chiba educates Ōnoki, Nagato, and Konan about Six Paths power, reshaping their understanding of the power hierarchy.
• Konan and Nagato discuss Chiba’s strength and question whether his growing influence could threaten the Ninja World.
• Ōnoki advises Iwagakure’s leaders to avoid conflict, while Kitsuchi counters that political realities may force confrontation.
• Ōnoki and his subordinates agree that the upcoming Konoha meeting may be their best chance to prevent conflict between Chiba and the daimyo.
• Orochimaru and Chiba jointly analyze Zetsu’s attempt to recruit Kabuto, ultimately agreeing to use Kabuto as a controlled means of investigating Zetsu’s plans.

Summary of “The Angry Daimyos”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Chiba and Orochimaru conclude that Black Zetsu and Obito have very few remaining options. Kabuto Yakushi is identified as a potentially important asset who, in the original timeline, would have surpassed Orochimaru and helped initiate the Fourth Shinobi World War.
• Chiba transforms Kabuto into a Tenseigan Puppet by placing a green Chakra Orb inside him. Kabuto is then assigned to continue his espionage work elsewhere, pretending to have genuinely betrayed Orochimaru and Chiba so they can observe the resulting developments.
• Chiba gives Orochimaru, Rasa, and the others further instructions before returning to rest in Sunagakure.
• News spreads that the five Great Ninja Villages have been defeated by Chiba. He has demonstrated overwhelming military mobility through the Flying Thunder God Technique and Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu, gained Toneri’s submission, and acquired the ability to revive the dead.
• Chiba orders the major villages to assemble in Konoha one week later and warns Kumogakure that refusal will provoke his retaliation.
• The daimyo of the major and minor nations react angrily. They fear that Chiba, an independent rogue ninja, may eventually control the entire Ninja World. They begin pressuring the villages to oppose him and start gathering armies and warriors.
• In Kumogakure, Raikage A is urged by Mabui and Darui to respond to the Land of Lightning’s daimyo, who wants the Cloud Village to act as the vanguard against Chiba. Raikage A angrily destroys his desk but remains conflicted about whether to resist.
• The daimyo of the Land of Wind threatens to cut off Sunagakure’s funding and dissolve the village unless it abandons Chiba and fights him.
• Rasa brings the threat to Chiba, but Chiba dismisses the daimyo as weak and warns Sunagakure that choosing to oppose him will carry severe consequences.

Character Developments

• Chiba remains confident, domineering, and strategically calculating. He treats Kabuto as an experimental asset, manipulates him through the Tenseigan Puppet transformation, and deliberately allows him to pose as a defector.
• Kabuto Yakushi becomes directly loyal to Chiba and Orochimaru after being transformed. His new mission places him in a position to gather intelligence and create future conflict.
• Orochimaru continues cooperating with Chiba and accepts the plan to use Kabuto as a controlled spy.
• Rasa reveals anxiety and political weakness. Although Sunagakure has submitted to Chiba, he remains deeply concerned about the daimyo’s ability to punish the village.
• Raikage A displays his usual anger and pride but is forced into a difficult strategic dilemma. He resents Chiba’s dominance yet hesitates to begin a war that could destroy Kumogakure.
• Mabui and Darui act as practical advisers, explaining the political and military situation while waiting for Raikage A’s decision.
• The daimyo emerge as a new collective threat. Their fear of losing political authority drives them to unite against Chiba, despite underestimating his actual power.

Significant Themes

• Political power versus military power: The daimyo traditionally control the villages through funding and authority, but Chiba’s victories challenge that system by placing the ninja villages under the influence of an independent shinobi.
• Fear of unchecked domination: The daimyo’s opposition is motivated less by morality than by fear that Chiba will consolidate all ninja forces under himself.
• Loyalty and coercion: Kabuto’s transformation demonstrates Chiba’s ability to enforce loyalty, while Sunagakure’s submission shows how political dependence can conflict with fear of a stronger ruler.
• Pride versus pragmatism: The daimyo and Raikage A want to resist Chiba to preserve their authority, but the villages must consider whether defiance is realistic.
• The rise of a new world order: With the Five Great Villages defeated, the traditional balance of power is collapsing, and both ninja and civilian leaders must decide whether to submit, resist, or exploit the upheaval.

Important Character Interactions

• Chiba and Orochimaru cooperate in planning Kabuto’s future role.
• Chiba directly recruits and controls Kabuto, instructing him to act as a false defector.
• Mabui and Darui inform Raikage A about Chiba’s victories and the daimyo’s demands, forcing him to confront the possibility of war.
• The Land of Lightning’s daimyo attempts to use Raikage A as a military instrument against Chiba.
• Rasa reports the Land of Wind’s ultimatum to Chiba, who responds by belittling the daimyo and challenging Sunagakure to make its own choice.
• Chiba’s warning makes clear that Sunagakure’s apparent freedom to choose is conditional: opposing him will result in punishment.

Key plot points

• Sunagakure’s Kazekage, Rasa, worries that the village will collapse without funding from the feudal lord. Chiba dismisses the threat, saying he will address the problem publicly in Konoha and may simply rob the lords if necessary.
• When Rasa keeps pressing him, Chiba kills him with Gold Sand, revives him as a Tenseigan Puppet, and sends him away. Rasa’s revived loyalty replaces his earlier anxiety.
• After days of meditation, Chiba successfully enters a strange spiritual space and meets the souls of Hagoromo and Hamura.
• The brothers explain that they sent Toneri to deal with Chiba: Toneri might have prevented a dangerous future version of Chiba from emerging, or, if he failed, could have become Chiba’s ally. They had not anticipated Chiba turning him into a puppet.
• Chiba demands compensation for their attempt on his life and asks for their Yin-Yang Power. Though their reserves are limited, Hagoromo and Hamura give him 90 percent. The transfer is vastly greater than the power Chiba recently generated himself.
• Chiba then reveals his second purpose: he intends to revive Kaguya.

Character developments and interactions

• Chiba remains ruthless and irreverent. He treats political concerns as minor, kills Rasa without hesitation, and speaks to his ancestors with open hostility. Yet he also sees himself as preparing to fight the Ōtsutsuki threat—and couches his plan to revive Kaguya in mockingly benevolent terms.
• Rasa shifts from anxious leader to obedient puppet after Chiba kills and revives him.
• Hagoromo and Hamura appear weakened, having spent much of their power resisting the future Chiba’s attack. They acknowledge their mistake in targeting Chiba and decide to support him, despite his brazen demand for nearly all their remaining strength.
• Their exchange is tense and transactional: Chiba confronts them over Toneri, obtains their power, and then announces a far more alarming plan.

Significant themes

• Power and political authority: Chiba regards the feudal lords’ influence as a nuisance rather than a real threat.
• Control and loyalty: Rasa’s transformation shows how completely Chiba can replace fear and resistance with obedience.
• Fate and alternate futures: The meeting centers on the danger posed by another version of Chiba and the attempts to alter future events.
• Family, guilt, and responsibility: Hagoromo and Hamura help Chiba because they wronged him and may need him against the Ōtsutsuki, while Chiba’s plan to revive Kaguya challenges their legacy.

Chapter Summary: “Resurrecting Ōtsutsuki Kaguya?”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Chiba proposes resurrecting Ōtsutsuki Kaguya to strengthen the Ninja World against the future invasion of the Ōtsutsuki Clan.
• Hagoromo and Hamura are shocked, since they previously sealed Kaguya after defeating her and understand how dangerous she is.
• Chiba argues that Kaguya’s Infinite Tsukuyomi and creation of the White Zetsu were defensive measures against the Ōtsutsuki Clan, though he admits the White Zetsu were largely ineffective.
• He explains that merely freeing Kaguya from the moon would leave her weakened after thousands of years of sealing. Instead, he plans to use the Infinite Tsukuyomi to restore her strength by drawing chakra from the world’s population.
• Hamura questions whether Kaguya would cooperate after resurrection, warning that she might immediately reclaim the world and absorb Chiba’s chakra.
• Chiba confidently claims he can persuade her to protect Earth from the Ōtsutsuki threat.
• Chiba then suggests resurrecting Hagoromo and Hamura as well. He proposes combining Impure World Reincarnation, the Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique, and a Tenseigan Puppet to restore their physical power.
• Although the brothers initially hesitate because they are meant to remain in the Pure Land, Chiba pressures them into accepting that they may no longer have the right to refuse.
• Before leaving, Hamura warns Chiba that his Tenseigan is unusually powerful and may be connected to hidden secrets within his body.

Character Developments

• Chiba: Becomes increasingly pragmatic and manipulative. He views Kaguya, Hagoromo, and Hamura primarily as strategic assets in the coming war. He is willing to impose resurrection on the brothers despite their objections and privately considers the possibility of turning them into Tenseigan Puppets.
• Hagoromo: Shows awareness of the future Ōtsutsuki crisis and reluctantly accepts that Kaguya might be necessary to defend the Ninja World. He remains cautious about resurrecting her and about disturbing the balance of the Pure Land.
• Hamura: Takes the strongest role in questioning Chiba’s plan. He doubts Kaguya’s loyalty and recognizes that Chiba’s Tenseigan may conceal a dangerous, unknown power.
• Kaguya: Although absent, her motives are reassessed. Chiba presents her actions as attempts to prepare for or resist the Ōtsutsuki Clan rather than simple domination.

Significant Themes

• The ends justify the means: Chiba is willing to sacrifice the freedom and chakra of the entire Ninja World through the Infinite Tsukuyomi if it creates a stronger defense against the Ōtsutsuki Clan.
• Power versus trust: Kaguya’s immense strength makes her valuable, but her unpredictable nature makes resurrection extremely dangerous.
• Control and free will: Chiba treats resurrection and the use of powerful techniques as tools, raising questions about whether the dead retain the right to choose their fate.
• Legacy and family: Hagoromo and Hamura must confront their past decision to seal their mother and consider whether they should personally return to protect the world they helped create.
• The danger of hidden power: Hamura’s warning suggests that Chiba’s Tenseigan and body may contain abilities or secrets beyond his current understanding.

Character Interactions

• Chiba directly challenges Hagoromo and Hamura’s understanding of Kaguya’s motives, forcing them to reconsider her role in history.
• Hamura confronts Chiba about Kaguya’s likely betrayal, while Chiba dismisses the concern with confidence.
• Hagoromo acts as the more reflective mediator, acknowledging both the danger and potential necessity of Chiba’s plan.
• Chiba pressures the brothers into considering their own resurrection, revealing his lack of reverence for them and his desire to use their power.
• Hamura ends the conversation by offering Chiba a rare warning rather than a direct challenge, suggesting concern that Chiba’s growing power may ultimately become dangerous.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Chiba reflects on the unusual evolution of his Tenseigan. Unlike Toneri’s gradual “Fetal Movement,” Chiba’s eye underwent multiple awakenings, gaining space-time abilities, illusion techniques, replication, autonomous Yin–Yang Release, and an enhanced Tenseigan Puppet ability.
• He acknowledges that his body may contain unknown secrets and decides to investigate them rather than remain uncertain about his origins and powers.
• At Orochimaru’s laboratory, Chiba asks Orochimaru to study his Tenseigan. Since Chiba will not surrender his eyes directly, Orochimaru will begin by examining his cells and bloodline.
• Chiba also permits Orochimaru to study Toneri’s bloodline and Tenseigan if Toneri agrees, believing that comparing the two Tenseigan users may reveal the source of his own eye’s unusual abilities.
• Chiba asks Orochimaru to use Impure World Reincarnation to summon Hashirama and Tobirama. He intends to test his abilities on them and may need their strength in the future.
• After the Edo Hokage are revived, Chiba sends Chakra Orbs into their bodies. His Tenseigan Puppet initially controls their bodies but does not affect their minds.
• Chiba realizes that Edo individuals retain their souls and consciousness within their reincarnated bodies, unlike the artificial “resurrected” puppets he previously encountered.
• He then uses the enhanced Mind Control gained from his Tenseigan’s Second Awakening, successfully overcoming the limitation and targeting Hashirama and Tobirama’s minds.

Character Developments

• Chiba: Becomes more proactive and analytical about the mysteries surrounding his body and Tenseigan. He demonstrates confidence in his abilities while also recognizing their limitations and seeking outside expertise.
• Orochimaru: Shows intense excitement at the opportunity to study Chiba’s Tenseigan. His scientific curiosity remains strong, but he agrees to respect Chiba’s restrictions and gains a trusted research role.
• Hashirama: Remains cheerful and idealistic, still attempting to persuade Chiba to use peace and goodwill rather than force.
• Tobirama: Reacts more cautiously and suspiciously, immediately questioning how Chiba can control his Edo body despite not being the reincarnation caster.
• Toneri: Though absent from the chapter’s main events, he becomes important as a potential comparison subject for Orochimaru’s research.

Significant Themes

• The mystery of identity and hidden potential: Chiba’s extraordinary Tenseigan suggests that his reincarnation and body conceal secrets even he does not understand.
• Scientific curiosity and experimentation: Orochimaru’s research represents the attempt to explain supernatural power through biological and genetic investigation.
• Control versus free will: The chapter explores the distinction between controlling a body and controlling the mind, especially through Edo Tensei and Chiba’s Tenseigan Puppet.
• Power and responsibility: Chiba seeks greater knowledge and strength but places limits on Orochimaru’s research, showing that he wants control over how his abilities are investigated.
• The nature of resurrection: The differences between Edo Tensei bodies, artificial puppets, souls, and consciousness are clarified.

Character Interactions

• Chiba and Orochimaru establish a cooperative research arrangement based on mutual trust and shared interest in the Tenseigan.
• Chiba grants Orochimaru permission to study both his and potentially Toneri’s abilities, reinforcing Orochimaru’s position as Chiba’s scientific ally.
• Hashirama tries to influence Chiba through his usual message of peace, but Chiba ignores the appeal and proceeds with his experiment.
• Tobirama and Hashirama question Chiba’s unexpected control over their bodies, prompting Chiba to analyze the mechanics of his Tenseigan Puppet.
• Chiba ultimately uses his awakened Mind Control technique to dominate both Edo Hokage, turning the experiment into a successful test of his Tenseigan’s expanded capabilities.

Chapter Summary: “Mangekyō Sharingan Pattern on the Moon”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Chiba’s enhanced Mind Control, strengthened after the Tenseigan’s Second Awakening, successfully dominates Edo Hashirama and Edo Tobirama. Unlike earlier victims, they retain their personalities and abilities, though their loyalty is still inferior to that of Tenseigan Puppets.
• Chiba converts both reanimated Hokage into Tenseigan Puppets, giving him absolute control over them.
• Using the Replicated Tenseigan, Chiba absorbs their chakra and successfully acquires:
  • Hashirama’s

Wood Release Kekkei Genkai

• The

Senju bloodline

• Chiba assigns Hashirama to plant forests around Sunagakure, helping solve the village’s environmental and resource problems. He also plans to redirect water from neighboring lands.
• Tobirama is ordered to assist Orochimaru with research and potentially develop Forbidden Jutsu designed to counter the Otsutsuki Clan.
• Chiba asks about resurrecting Kinkaku and Ginkaku to extract their Nine-Tails chakra. Although Orochimaru cannot initially locate their remains, Tobirama volunteers to find them.
• Tobirama is also ordered to retrieve Sora, a monk containing a portion of the Nine-Tails chakra, and brings several Akatsuki members along, including the now-healthy Tenseigan Puppet Itachi.
• Over the following week:
  • Tobirama locates enough of Kinkaku and Ginkaku’s remains to revive them.
  • Sora is brought back from the Fire Temple.
  • Chiba extracts the Nine-Tails chakra from Kinkaku, Ginkaku, and Sora, leaving only the portions inside Naruto and Minato uncollected.
• On the eve of the planned gathering of ninja from every village in Konoha, Toneri observes the full moon and notices it has turned red. A strange pattern resembling an Uchiha Mangekyō Sharingan appears across its surface.

Character Developments

• Chiba continues expanding his power and control, combining Mind Control, Tenseigan Puppets, chakra absorption, and bloodline replication. His plans increasingly extend beyond warfare into large-scale political and social reform.
• Hashirama accepts his new role obediently and is tasked with transforming the Land of Wind’s desert environment through Wood Release.
• Tobirama becomes both a scientific researcher and a field operative for Chiba. His personal hostility toward Kinkaku and Ginkaku motivates him to help locate their remains, while he also develops an unexplained fondness for Itachi.
• Itachi has been cured of his illness through Yin-Yang Release and now serves as a healthy Tenseigan Puppet.
• Orochimaru continues assisting Chiba’s experiments and research but lacks the remains needed to revive Kinkaku and Ginkaku until Tobirama intervenes.
• Toneri experiences Earth and the moon from a new perspective, briefly appreciating the full moon before recognizing the ominous supernatural change.

Significant Themes

• Power through control and assimilation: Chiba’s growing ability to dominate others and absorb their chakra demonstrates his transformation into an increasingly overwhelming ruler.
• Weaponization of legendary figures: Hashirama and Tobirama are stripped of their independence and repurposed as tools for research, environmental engineering, and military preparation.
• Reconstruction and modernization: Chiba begins considering long-term reforms, including resource redistribution, standardized systems, and the economic development of Sunagakure.
• The pursuit of strategic supremacy: Collecting Nine-Tails chakra and developing anti-Otsutsuki techniques reveal Chiba’s preparation for future threats.
• Ominous celestial symbolism: The blood-red moon and Mangekyō-like pattern suggest an approaching supernatural event connected to the Otsutsuki, the Sharingan, or a major change in the world.

Character Interactions

• Chiba gives Hashirama and Tobirama direct orders after placing them under his control; both comply without resistance.
• Chiba and Orochimaru discuss the possibility of reviving Kinkaku and Ginkaku.
• Tobirama volunteers to pursue the brothers, likely motivated by revenge for his death.
• Chiba orders Tobirama to retrieve Sora and sends him with several Akatsuki members, including Itachi.
• Toneri alone notices the moon’s transformation, ending the chapter on a mysterious and threatening cliffhanger.

Plot points and events

• Uchiha Hikari’s Mangekyō technique, Limited Moon Reading, spreads a large pattern across the moon and places matching marks on nearly every ninja whose soul remains in the world.
• Otsutsuki Toneri finds a mark on his wrist and removes it using Tenseigan chakra and Yin–Yang Power. Chiba reveals that the technique can affect targets even indoors.
• Chiba explains Hikari’s second technique, Yachihoko, which can alter marked people’s memories, control them, and draw on their chakra—potentially making its user powerful enough to threaten the entire ninja world.
• Hikari was sealed after being raised as a weapon and judged too dangerous by the Uchiha and Sarutobi clans. Her hatred makes her vulnerable to Black Zetsu and Obito, who may be using her abilities to advance their plan to resurrect Ōtsutsuki Kaguya.
• Chiba outlines how Hikari’s chakra-gathering and control could help Obito and Black Zetsu assemble the conditions for Kaguya’s return. He has copied both techniques himself and is unaffected by the mark.
• Just as Toneri asks whether they should wait for Kaguya’s resurrection, Chiba spots unexpected visitors approaching.

Character development and interactions

• Toneri is unsettled by the unfamiliar mark and astonished by the scale of Hikari’s abilities. He trusts Chiba’s judgment, even though he would ordinarily oppose Kaguya’s return.
• Chiba remains confident and strategically minded. He explains the threat to Toneri, sees Black Zetsu and Obito’s actions as convenient for his own plans, and reveals that he has prepared by copying Hikari’s techniques.
• Hikari, though absent from the scene, is characterized as a deeply resentful survivor whose weaponized upbringing and betrayal have shaped her into a potential instrument of mass destruction.
• Chiba and Toneri’s exchange establishes their alignment: Toneri defers to Chiba, while Chiba openly shares information and directs their next steps.

Significant themes

• Power and control: Hikari’s techniques turn nearly the whole population into potential puppets and a source of chakra.
• Trauma and weaponization: Hikari’s history suggests that the shinobi world helped create the danger it later tried to contain.
• Manipulation and competing plans: Black Zetsu and Obito exploit Hikari, while Chiba intends to let them pursue Kaguya’s resurrection for his own purposes.
• Confidence versus hidden danger: Chiba dismisses the threat to himself and Toneri, but the arrival of uninvited guests signals that events may not proceed as planned.

Plot points and events

• Urashiki Otsutsuki emerges from a black portal, revealing that he has traveled back in time using the Otsutsuki treasure Karasuki. He intends to kill Chiba before Chiba can become a threat.
• Chiba identifies Urashiki’s weapons and abilities, including his Chakra-catching fishing rod, time manipulation, and blue, red, and golden Rinnegan powers. He judges Urashiki formidable but poorly skilled, and suspects the visitor may have another motive.
• Chiba asks Otsutsuki Toneri to test Urashiki rather than fighting him himself. Toneri attacks, while Urashiki uses his blue Rinnegan’s Time Rewind to evade and counter.
• Toneri switches to broad, sweeping Chakra attacks. Though Urashiki dodges them, his clothes become damaged and he grows strained: rewinding time does not undo injuries he has already sustained.
• To escape Toneri’s sustained assault, Urashiki changes to his red Rinnegan, uses Yomotsu Hirasaka to appear behind Toneri, and launches a surprise barrage of hooks. The fight is left unresolved.

Character development and interactions

• Chiba remains confident and analytical, using his knowledge of Urashiki’s future abilities to assess the danger and delegate the initial fight to Toneri. He also taunts Urashiki about supposedly fleeing from Chiba’s future self.
• Toneri is alarmed by the arrival of another Otsutsuki but quickly accepts Chiba’s direction and attacks without hesitation. He adapts by using wide-area attacks once he recognizes Urashiki’s evasive ability.
• Urashiki arrives arrogant and intent on eliminating Chiba, but Chiba’s knowledge unsettles him. Under pressure from Toneri, Urashiki becomes strained and changes tactics, revealing a limitation in his time-reversal power.
• Chiba and Urashiki exchange taunts, while Chiba and Toneri act in coordination: Chiba directs the encounter, and Toneri serves as the first test of Urashiki’s abilities.

Significant themes

• Knowledge as an advantage: Chiba’s familiarity with Urashiki’s powers shapes the confrontation before it begins.
• Power versus skill: Urashiki possesses an impressive range of abilities, but Chiba doubts his practical combat ability.
• Limits and adaptation: Urashiki’s time manipulation cannot erase injuries, and Toneri’s attack forces him to change tactics.
• Fate and time: Urashiki’s attempt to alter events by traveling to the past raises the stakes around Chiba’s future strength.

Chapter Summary: “Susanoo-Clad Buddha”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Urashiki Otsutsuki attempts to ambush Toneri with countless red chakra fishhooks, but Toneri’s Tenseigan detects the attack. He repels the hooks and counters with Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion.
• Although Urashiki uses Time Reversal to evade the main attack, Toneri still wounds his right shoulder and begins draining his chakra with a green chakra-absorbing orb.
• Urashiki escapes by transforming into red paper cranes through Thousand Paper Crane Body Flicker, then tries to ambush Hyuga Chiba.
• Chiba activates Tenseigan Chakra Mode and his one-tomoe Rinnegan, absorbing Urashiki’s fishhooks with Blocking Technique Absorption Seal.
• Taking over the battle himself, Chiba uses Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence, creating a massive forest filled with poisonous flowers and attacking branches.
• The battle threatens Sunagakure, forcing Chiba to rescue civilians and ninja using shadow clones, tree branches, and the Flying Thunder God Technique. Some destruction remains unavoidable.
• Chiba reveals the new technique he wanted to test: Tenseigan Sage Mode combined with Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Wood Hands.
• He coats the enormous Thousand-Armed Kannon statue in green Susanoo armor, creating the legendary Susanoo-Clad Buddha.
• Urashiki is stunned but assumes the giant construct will be too slow and vulnerable to his chakra-draining fishhooks.
• Chiba’s Buddha overwhelms Urashiki with a barrage of thousands of fists, destroying the fishhooks and forcing Urashiki to rely on his space-time abilities.
• Urashiki attempts another attack from behind, believing the statue cannot defend itself there. Chiba mocks this assumption and has thousands of arms attack Urashiki from every direction.

Character Developments

• Hyuga Chiba demonstrates overwhelming confidence and control, treating Urashiki as an opponent suitable for testing new abilities rather than a serious threat.
• Chiba proves his ability to multitask during battle by fighting Urashiki while evacuating civilians and minimizing casualties.
• His mastery of Tenseigan powers, Sage Mode, Wood Release, Susanoo, and Yin-Yang power allows him to create a technique far beyond the theoretical versions associated with Madara and Hashirama.
• Toneri shows improved combat awareness and defensive use of the Tenseigan, successfully countering Urashiki’s ambush and draining his chakra.
• Urashiki becomes increasingly frustrated as his usual tactics—chakra absorption, surprise attacks, and evasive space-time techniques—fail to decisively harm either opponent.

Significant Themes

• Overwhelming power versus adaptability: Urashiki possesses several powerful escape and time-based techniques, but Chiba’s massive arsenal and battlefield control steadily neutralize them.
• Innovation and escalation: Chiba combines abilities from different power systems to create the unprecedented Susanoo-Clad Buddha.
• Confidence and arrogance: Urashiki repeatedly underestimates Chiba and Toneri, while Chiba’s confidence is supported by his superior abilities.
• Protection amid destruction: Despite focusing on the battle, Chiba actively evacuates Sunagakure’s civilians, emphasizing his responsibility toward others.
• Nostalgia and spectacle: Chiba uses the Susanoo-Clad Buddha partly as a nostalgic recreation of a legendary fan concept, turning the battle into a dramatic display of power.

Character Interactions

• Toneri and Urashiki: Toneri counters Urashiki’s ambush, wounds him, and begins absorbing his chakra. Urashiki reacts with outrage at having his own signature advantage used against him.
• Chiba and Urashiki: Chiba rejects Urashiki’s sneak attacks, absorbs his fishhooks, and openly taunts him while testing new techniques.
• Chiba and Toneri: Chiba initially lets Toneri fight Urashiki but intervenes when Urashiki targets him with another ambush.
• Chiba and Sunagakure: Chiba protects the village’s population while unleashing increasingly destructive techniques, balancing combat objectives with civilian safety.
• The chapter ends with Urashiki trapped under attacks from the Buddha’s thousands of arms, leaving the outcome of the confrontation unresolved.

Plot points and events

• Chiba pursues the badly wounded Urashiki into a special space. Urashiki reveals that his apparent retreat was meant to lure Chiba into a trap.
• Kinshiki, Momoshiki, and Jigen—revealed to be Ōtsutsuki Isshiki—appear and surround Chiba.
• Momoshiki explains that they did not travel from the future. They came to Earth early after learning that Chiba would become a threat to the Ōtsutsuki Clan. More Ōtsutsuki are reportedly on their way.
• Isshiki says he joined the mission after seeing glimpses of Chiba’s future power and receiving an order to eliminate him. He is still inhabiting Jigen, an unsuitable vessel that may fail if Isshiki uses too much power.
• Momoshiki wonders whether Chiba could serve as a vessel, then orders Kinshiki to attack. The four Ōtsutsuki charge Chiba together.
• Chiba responds with tens of thousands of shadow clones, combining them into a huge tornado with Tenseigan Sage Art: Rotation. Momoshiki begins absorbing the clones’ chakra, while Isshiki uses Sukunahikona to shrink nonliving objects. The fight is left unresolved.

Character developments and interactions

• Chiba remains calm despite being outnumbered. He quickly recognizes the attackers and questions their presence in this era, then meets their ambush with an overwhelming technique.
• Urashiki shifts from apparent defeat to confidence, believing his trap will let the group kill Chiba.
• Momoshiki explains the clan’s preemptive attack and treats Chiba as both a threat and a possible vessel.
• Isshiki reveals his long-standing weakness: his survival depends on Jigen, whose body cannot safely withstand his full power.
• Kinshiki acts on Momoshiki’s order, leading the initial assault; the group’s coordinated attack contrasts with Chiba’s composed response.

Significant themes

• Destiny and preemption: A prophecy about Chiba’s future power drives the Ōtsutsuki to attack before he can reach it.
• Power and vulnerability: The invaders appear formidable, but Isshiki’s dependence on an imperfect vessel exposes a serious limitation.
• Confidence versus control: Urashiki expects his trap to decide the battle, while Chiba’s calm reaction suggests the attackers may have underestimated him.

Summary: “Battle Against Four Otsutsuki”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Urashiki, Kinshiki, Momoshiki, and Isshiki initially attack Chiba together, expecting their combined strength to overwhelm him.
• Chiba counters with numerous shadow clones using Tenseigan Sage Art: Rotation, forcing Urashiki and Kinshiki to fight defensively.
• Isshiki recognizes Chiba as the prophesied figure capable of destroying the Otsutsuki clan. He also hopes to use Chiba as a future Vessel, since Jigen’s body is gradually failing.
• Kinshiki sacrifices himself by transforming into a chakra fruit, which Momoshiki consumes. Momoshiki evolves into a stronger golden-eyed form with enhanced abilities.
• Urashiki also consumes his original Rinnegan and enters Crane Mode, gaining vastly improved physical speed and power, though he loses access to several space-time techniques.
• Chiba dismisses his clones and challenges the transformed Otsutsuki, mocking Isshiki for refusing to reveal his true form.
• Urashiki and Momoshiki attack Chiba directly, but he effortlessly outmatches them in taijutsu and destroys Momoshiki’s summoned weapons with his Truth-Seeking Orbs.
• Realizing that Jigen’s body is insufficient, Isshiki abandons it and reveals his true form. Momoshiki and Urashiki likewise commit themselves to a life-or-death battle.
• Urashiki launches Tensūsenka Ryūgū, but the attack barely injures Chiba, whose wounds heal rapidly. Chiba secretly replicates the technique through his Replicated Tenseigan.
• Momoshiki follows with a coordinated assault involving massive earth serpents, a firebird, and a lava giant, leaving the battle poised to escalate further.

Character Developments

• Chiba is shown to be overwhelmingly superior to the transformed Otsutsuki. His confidence becomes increasingly provocative, as he treats the battle as entertainment and deliberately allows attacks to hit him.
• Isshiki shifts from cautious observation to recognizing the necessity of risking his life. He abandons Jigen, demonstrating both the limits of his current body and his determination to survive.
• Momoshiki absorbs Kinshiki and gains a major power increase, becoming more aggressive and confident in his enhanced form.
• Kinshiki demonstrates absolute loyalty by sacrificing his physical form to strengthen Momoshiki.
• Urashiki sacrifices his original Rinnegan to enter Crane Mode, trading versatility and time-based techniques for greater speed and close-combat power. Despite this, he remains far weaker than Chiba.

Significant Themes

• Overwhelming power and arrogance: Chiba’s superiority allows him to ridicule opponents who once seemed nearly invincible.
• Sacrifice for greater strength: Kinshiki’s transformation into a chakra fruit reflects the Otsutsuki practice of consuming allies to gain power.
• Survival and vessels: Isshiki’s dependence on a suitable Vessel emphasizes the fragility of his existence and the importance of bodies capable of containing Otsutsuki power.
• Evolution through transformation: Momoshiki, Urashiki, and Isshiki all reveal stronger forms, but their transformations still fail to close the gap with Chiba.
• Adaptation and replication: Chiba’s Replicated Tenseigan allows him to reproduce enemy techniques, turning the Otsutsuki’s own powers against them.

Character Interactions

• Isshiki warns Momoshiki and Urashiki that they must stop holding back after witnessing Chiba’s strength.
• Chiba repeatedly taunts the Otsutsuki, especially Isshiki, challenging him to abandon Jigen’s body and fight seriously.
• Momoshiki and Urashiki respond to Isshiki’s transformation by agreeing to risk everything rather than allow Chiba to defeat them.
• The chapter ends with Momoshiki launching a three-pronged elemental attack against Chiba, setting up the next stage of their confrontation.

Chapter summary

Key plot points and events

• Chiba withstands Momoshiki’s earth, fire, and lava attacks without injury.
• Isshiki returns in his true form and attacks at full speed. He and Chiba initially appear evenly matched in hand-to-hand combat, but Chiba adapts quickly and uses Gentle Fist to disrupt the Otsutsuki’s chakra circulation.
• Momoshiki and Urashiki join Isshiki, but their combined physical attacks still cannot overpower Chiba. The three realize they need to use their special abilities instead.
• Isshiki implants black rods in Chiba and summons massive cubes with Daikokuten. Chiba uses Amenotejikara to swap places with Isshiki, then turns Momoshiki and Urashiki’s own techniques back against them.
• Chiba’s copied abilities prove stronger than the originals. Urashiki is badly hit, while Chiba counters Momoshiki’s reflected attacks by using Isshiki’s shrinking technique.
• Chiba ends the fight with Limbo: Border Jail and Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, leaving all three Otsutsuki near death.
• He absorbs their chakra and replicates their bloodline, becoming an Otsutsuki himself. This fulfills the conditions for his Tenseigan’s third awakening, which begins as his power surges.

Character developments

• Chiba demonstrates rapid growth in combat, mastery of copied techniques, and confidence in his ability to defeat the three opponents. By absorbing their chakra, he gains Otsutsuki lineage and reaches a new stage of evolution.
• Isshiki recognizes that Chiba can match his strongest physical form, copy Otsutsuki abilities, and turn their tactics against them. His confidence gives way to alarm.
• Momoshiki and Urashiki move from attacking together to struggling to survive Chiba’s counterattack; Urashiki is especially vulnerable once he enters Crane Form.

Significant themes

• Adaptation and escalating power: Chiba learns and improves during battle, while every new ability he reveals raises the stakes.
• Turning an enemy’s strength against them: Chiba wins by copying and countering the Otsutsuki’s own techniques.
• Power through absorption and transformation: Defeating the three enemies becomes the means for Chiba to acquire their lineage and approach another awakening.

Character interactions

• Isshiki, Momoshiki, and Urashiki coordinate against Chiba, first through close combat and then through their signature abilities.
• Chiba responds by exploiting their teamwork: he swaps positions with Isshiki and redirects Momoshiki and Urashiki’s attacks back at them.
• Isshiki’s growing fear reflects the shift in the battle: the Otsutsuki have become the targets of the power they brought to bear against Chiba.

Key events

• Chiba’s Tenseigan Third Awakening begins, with the arrival of three real Otsutsuki making it easy to meet its bloodline requirement. Unlike his Second Awakening, this one causes no instability; he expects to keep growing stronger as it progresses.
• Isshiki accepts that he cannot defeat Chiba or use Karma to revive himself. Chiba offers him resurrection, but Isshiki recognizes that Chiba’s revived followers have a troubling loss of freedom.
• Chiba kills Isshiki, whose body disintegrates. However, Chiba had preserved a piece of it and uses the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu on a White Zetsu host to recreate Isshiki. He then turns him into a Tenseigan Puppet.
• Momoshiki and Urashiki beg to avoid becoming puppets, but Chiba refuses to waste such valuable Otsutsuki. He kills and resurrects them, making them puppets as well.
• Chiba finds a complete Ten-Tails in the cavern below.

Character developments and interactions

• Chiba’s power continues to rise, and he acts with confidence and strategic preparation, having anticipated Isshiki’s body might vanish.
• Isshiki shifts from despair to brief hope at the possibility of resurrection, then reluctantly submits to Chiba’s control. As an Impure World Reincarnation, he reflects that the shinobi world has abilities the Otsutsuki cannot predict.
• Momoshiki and Urashiki move from disbelief at Chiba’s growing strength to fear and desperation. Chiba dismisses their pleas and treats all three Otsutsuki as useful resources.

Significant themes

• Power and control: Chiba’s strength lets him decide not only who lives, but what form their continued existence takes.
• The cost of resurrection: Isshiki questions whether a life without freedom is truly worth having.
• Unexpected strength in the shinobi world: Impure World Reincarnation and Chiba’s preparations expose capabilities the Otsutsuki had underestimated.
• Escalating power: Chiba’s awakening and discovery of the Ten-Tails hint that the conflict is far from over.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• The chapter explains the Otsutsuki Clan’s method of cultivating Chakra Fruits: they plant a Ten-Tails on a planet, feed an Otsutsuki to it, and harvest the resulting fruit.
• Thousands of years earlier, Kaguya betrayed Isshiki by ambushing him and feeding half his body to the God Tree. She then consumed the Chakra Fruit herself, betraying the Otsutsuki Clan and becoming the Rabbit Goddess.
• The Otsutsuki’s eventual investigations explain the arrival of Urashiki, Momoshiki, and Kinshiki, as well as Kaguya’s creation of White Zetsu and use of Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Chiba discovers Isshiki’s hidden Ten-Tails and claims it after defeating Isshiki and turning him into a Tenseigan Puppet.
• He extracts ninety percent of the Ten-Tails’ Chakra and transfers it into the multicolored egg containing his developing New Tailed Beast.
• Chiba supplements the egg with half of his own Yin-Yang Power and half of the power inherited from Hagoromo and Hamura. The egg hatches into a multicolored, eastern-style dragon with one tail and ten differently colored claws.
• The dragon recognizes Chiba as its master, shrinks to Haji Miao’s size, and affectionately perches on his shoulder.
• The absorption triggers the completion of Chiba’s Tenseigan’s Third Awakening.

Character Developments

• Chiba becomes vastly more powerful through the Ten-Tails’ Chakra and the completion of his Third Tenseigan Awakening. His physical abilities, Chakra reserves, perception, regeneration, and Yin-Yang Power increase dramatically.
• He gains the ability to observe the past, present, and multiple possible futures; travel through time; revive the dead; and regenerate to the point of practical immortality.
• His Truth-Seeking Orbs increase from twelve to twenty-four, and his Yin-Yang Power grows more than a hundredfold.
• Chiba’s creation of the New Tailed Beast reveals a more nurturing and emotionally attached side of him, as he feels as though he personally raised the dragon.
• Isshiki, formerly the planner behind the new God Tree and Chakra Fruit, is now defeated and reduced to a tool under Chiba’s control.
• The newly hatched multicolored dragon is introduced as Chiba’s loyal companion and a major potential source of future strength.

Significant Themes

• Betrayal and ambition: Kaguya’s betrayal of Isshiki and the Otsutsuki Clan establishes the recurring struggle for power and survival.
• Power through transformation: Chiba’s growth depends on absorbing immense Chakra sources, awakening new abilities, and combining inherited and created powers.
• Creation and ownership: Unlike the Otsutsuki’s exploitative cultivation of Chakra Fruits, Chiba directly nurtures and creates his own Tailed Beast.
• The dangers of limitless power: Chiba’s abilities now surpass even the presumed peak of Hagoromo, raising questions about whether he can still be sealed or restrained.
• Time, fate, and possibility: His new ability to perceive and travel across timelines expands the story beyond ordinary cause and effect.

Character Interactions

• Chiba dominates Isshiki and the other observers by claiming the Ten-Tails that Isshiki intended to use for his resurrection plan.
• He addresses the Ten-Tails directly while extracting its Chakra, treating it as the energy source for his own creation.
• The dragon calls Chiba “Master,” flies around him excitedly, and affectionately nuzzles his cheek before settling on his shoulder.
• Chiba reflects on the dragon’s appearance and wonders whether it was formed from his inner wishes combined with Yin-Yang Power.
• The chapter ends with Chiba learning that the Fourth Tenseigan Awakening requires him to replicate additional Otsutsuki bloodlines, setting up his next major objective.

Chapter Summary: Infinite Tsukuyomi and Ōtsutsuki Kaguya’s Resurrection

Key Plot Points and Events

• Chiba remains curious about the mysterious nature of his Tenseigan but accepts that Orochimaru may not discover its secrets soon.
• Upon returning to Sunagakure with Isshiki, Momoshiki, and Kinshiki, Chiba finds that the Infinite Tsukuyomi has been activated:
  • The moon bears a Rinne Sharingan pattern.
  • A massive God Tree has emerged.
  • People throughout the Ninja World, including those inside buildings, are wrapped in the tree’s branches and placed under the genjutsu.
• Isshiki realizes that Kaguya may have been resurrected and suspects the earlier changes involving the Nine-Tailed Beasts and the Rinne Sharingan were connected to her revival.
• Toneri reports that almost everyone has been captured by the God Tree. Only those with special protection—such as himself, Hashirama, and Tobirama—remain unaffected.
• Chiba and the others travel to the Land of Iron, where Kaguya has been resurrected and is accompanied by Black Zetsu.
• Black Zetsu explains the long process behind the resurrection:
  1. Kabuto revived Madara through Impure World Reincarnation.
  2. Uchiha Hikari’s Inscribed Moon Reading and Yachihoko manipulated Nagato into reviving Madara permanently.
  3. Hikari gathered the Nine-Tailed Beasts’ chakra into Madara.
  4. Madara became the Ten-Tails’ jinchūriki and awakened the Rinne Sharingan.
  5. Madara cast Infinite Tsukuyomi, after which Black Zetsu betrayed him and used his body to resurrect Kaguya.
• Even Obito and Uchiha Hikari are caught by the Infinite Tsukuyomi, leaving only Kaguya and Black Zetsu active at the site.
• Chiba arrives and proposes an alliance with Kaguya against the Otsutsuki Clan, warning that the clan will eventually come to Earth to punish her betrayal and theft of the Chakra Fruit.
• Black Zetsu immediately rejects Chiba’s offer, portraying him as more dangerous than the Otsutsuki and pointing out that Isshiki and the others are members of that clan.
• Kaguya recognizes Isshiki and is shocked that he survived. Black Zetsu explains that Isshiki is technically dead and has been temporarily restored through Impure World Reincarnation, greatly weakening him.
• Chiba openly intends to fight Kaguya, both to force her cooperation and to test the power of his Third-Awakening Tenseigan.

Character Developments

• Chiba becomes increasingly confident and ambitious. He treats Kaguya’s resurrection as an opportunity to test his abilities and establish control over her rather than as a simple threat.
• Isshiki demonstrates his knowledge of Kaguya’s history and quickly understands the significance of the Infinite Tsukuyomi, though he is surprised by the speed of her resurrection.
• Momoshiki initially wants revenge against Kaguya for betraying the Otsutsuki Clan but agrees to follow Chiba’s decision.
• Toneri proves useful as an observer and informant, reporting who has resisted the Infinite Tsukuyomi and locating Kaguya’s position.
• Black Zetsu achieves his thousand-year objective of resurrecting Kaguya. He remains fiercely loyal to her and immediately identifies Chiba as the greatest danger.
• Kaguya returns to the world with mixed emotions and is visibly shaken upon seeing Isshiki, whom she had previously ambushed. She has not yet decided whether to accept Chiba’s alliance.

Significant Themes

• Manipulation and betrayal: Madara is used by Black Zetsu, just as many others have been manipulated throughout the resurrection plan. Black Zetsu’s loyalty to Kaguya contrasts with Chiba’s more pragmatic, self-serving alliances.
• Power and control: The Infinite Tsukuyomi enslaves nearly the entire Ninja World, while Chiba seeks to control Kaguya through force or negotiation.
• Ancient schemes coming to fruition: Black Zetsu’s thousand-year plan finally succeeds, showing how long-term manipulation can reshape the entire world.
• Loyalty versus self-interest: Chiba offers cooperation, but his true goal includes testing his own power and potentially dominating Kaguya. Black Zetsu’s devotion to Kaguya is absolute, while the Otsutsuki pursue revenge and clan interests.
• Resurrection and identity: Isshiki’s Impure World Reincarnation raises questions about whether a revived person is truly alive, especially as Black Zetsu emphasizes Isshiki’s death and weakened state.

Important Character Interactions

• Chiba and Isshiki: They discuss Kaguya’s resurrection and the meaning of the Infinite Tsukuyomi, with Isshiki providing historical insight.
• Chiba and Momoshiki: Chiba states that Kaguya must be fought, while Momoshiki agrees to follow his lead.
• Toneri and Chiba: Toneri reports the effects of the Infinite Tsukuyomi and identifies the remaining unaffected individuals.
• Chiba and Kaguya: Chiba offers an alliance against the Otsutsuki Clan while subtly threatening that cooperation may be enforced.
• Black Zetsu and Chiba: Black Zetsu openly condemns Chiba and warns Kaguya not to trust him.
• Kaguya and Isshiki: Kaguya reacts with shock and fear upon seeing Isshiki alive, while Black Zetsu attempts to reassure her that Isshiki is weakened and no longer a serious threat.

Summary: “Unexpected Visitor”

Key Plot Points and Events

• After Black Zetsu suggests using Impure World Reincarnation, Kaguya hesitates to attack Chiba and his allies. She is uncertain of her ability to defeat them, especially since Chiba has already killed one Ōtsutsuki and seemingly turned two others into servants.
• A new Ōtsutsuki suddenly appears: Ōtsutsuki Reishiki, distinguished by white horns, Byakugan, and a blood-red Nine-Tomoe Rinnegan.
• Reishiki introduces himself as the son of the Ōtsutsuki clan’s Great Elder and its youngest elder. He claims to have consumed multiple Chakra Fruits and considers himself a genius capable of transcending the universe.
• Reishiki declares that Chiba is a threat to the entire Ōtsutsuki Clan. However, he first targets Kaguya, condemning her as a traitorous “lowly maid.”
• Reishiki attacks Kaguya with overwhelming speed. She avoids the blow by using Amenominaka, transporting everyone into an icy dimension and freezing Reishiki.
• Kaguya then uses Yomotsu Hirasaka to relocate herself and prepare for the battle, recognizing Reishiki as an unprecedented threat who might be able to overcome or seal her immortality.
• Reishiki breaks out of the ice through sheer physical force and attacks again. Kaguya counters with Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack, but Reishiki effortlessly destroys the technique and knocks her away.
• Reishiki mocks Kaguya for failing to draw out the full power of her Chakra Fruit. Chiba watches the battle with interest, intending to judge Reishiki’s strength before eventually killing him.

Character Developments

• Kaguya: Becomes visibly cautious and fearful. Although immensely powerful and effectively immortal, she realizes that Reishiki may possess the strength or abilities necessary to defeat, seal, or otherwise neutralize her. Her immediate focus shifts from confronting Chiba to surviving Reishiki.
• Reishiki: Establishes himself as arrogant, elitist, and supremely confident. He views Kaguya as an inferior servant and believes his own strength is far beyond hers. His goal is to eliminate Chiba, but he treats Kaguya as an obstacle to dispose of first.
• Chiba: Remains calm and observant rather than intervening. He recognizes that Reishiki may be the Ōtsutsuki from the Great Toad Sage’s prophecy and expects eventually to defeat him, but first wants to see what Reishiki can do.
• Black Zetsu: Shows growing alarm at the unexpected arrival of another powerful Ōtsutsuki. His confidence in the situation deteriorates as Reishiki immediately overwhelms Kaguya.

Significant Themes

• Power hierarchy and insecurity: Even Kaguya, previously portrayed as nearly invincible, is forced to confront someone who may stand far above her.
• Ōtsutsuki superiority and classism: Reishiki’s contempt for Kaguya reflects the clan’s rigid hierarchy and his belief that consuming more Chakra Fruits makes him inherently superior.
• Immortality versus vulnerability: Kaguya’s immortality does not guarantee safety; she worries that Reishiki may possess a countermeasure or seal capable of overcoming it.
• Confidence versus true strength: Reishiki’s arrogant declarations are supported, at least initially, by his ability to break Kaguya’s strongest techniques with ease.
• Observation before confrontation: Chiba’s decision to watch rather than immediately intervene emphasizes his confidence and strategic interest in measuring Reishiki’s abilities.

Character Interactions

• Reishiki and Kaguya: Their encounter is openly hostile. Reishiki insults Kaguya as a traitor and inferior servant, while Kaguya responds defensively and seeks a way to survive or defeat him.
• Black Zetsu and Kaguya: Black Zetsu warns Kaguya of Reishiki’s attack and shares her shock at the arrival of yet another Ōtsutsuki.
• Reishiki and Chiba: Reishiki identifies Chiba as the clan-wide threat he has come to eliminate. Chiba, however, does not appear intimidated and regards Reishiki as someone he will eventually kill.
• Chiba and the ongoing battle: Chiba remains a detached observer, allowing Kaguya and Reishiki to clash while he evaluates the newcomer’s power.

Key plot points and events

• Kaguya takes Reishiki to Gravity Space, hoping its crushing force will weaken him. He quickly overcomes the gravity.
• Kaguya fires an All-Killing Ash Bone through a portal. Though Reishiki dodges it, a second strike hits him from behind and turns his body to ash—only for him to reappear, revealing that his unusual power is more than a simple clone.
• Reishiki splits into two indistinguishable forms and attacks Kaguya. She moves the fight to an endless desert and uses Nature Integration, but neither Reishiki is noticeably hindered.
• Chiba orders his Tenseigan Puppets—Momoshiki, Urashiki, and Toneri—to support Kaguya. Reishiki’s forces still hold the advantage, and a third Reishiki appears.
• Chiba uses Rebirth: Tenseigan to restore Isshiki to life. Isshiki joins the fight, helping the allied side gain the upper hand.
• The three Reishikis respond by summoning six more versions of themselves, escalating the battle.

Character developments and interactions

• Kaguya shows more tactical cunning than Black Zetsu expects, but her strategies and attacks fail to finish Reishiki.
• Black Zetsu advises Kaguya and is surprised by her deceptive tactic, then realizes Reishiki’s apparent death was not the end.
• Chiba reveals he has been studying possible futures with Future Sight and acts decisively, treating Kaguya as an ally against the Otsutsuki threat.
• Isshiki is restored to his true living body and remains loyal to Chiba as a Tenseigan Puppet, ignoring Reishiki’s accusations.
• Momoshiki, Urashiki, and Toneri fight alongside Kaguya and Isshiki, despite Reishiki condemning them as traitors.

Significant themes

• Deception and uncertainty: Reishiki’s multiple forms make it impossible to identify the original, while Kaguya’s apparent victory proves illusory.
• Power versus numbers: The allies briefly gain ground through cooperation, but Reishiki counters by multiplying his forces.
• Shifting loyalties: Former Otsutsuki opponents now fight together under Chiba’s command to face a greater threat.
• Preparation and foresight: Chiba’s knowledge of possible futures lets him choose when and how to intervene.

Summary of “The True Worth of Amenotejikara”

Key Plot Points and Events

Nine Zero Types suddenly appear, shocking Kaguya, Black Zetsu, Toneri, Momoshiki, Urashiki, and Isshiki. Since even one Zero Type is extraordinarily powerful, the possibility of facing nine—or more—seems disastrous. Chiba, however, remains confident because his Future Sight has confirmed that only nine can manifest in this battle.
To counter them, Chiba uses Rebirth: Tenseigan, sacrificing a large amount of chakra and ocular power to resurrect Six Paths Madara, the Sage of Six Paths, and Ōtsutsuki Hamura. Though they are not Tenseigan Puppets, Chiba’s will influences them, and they join Kaguya’s side. The battlefield becomes an apparent nine-versus-nine confrontation, with Chiba directing events rather than fighting personally.
The Zero Types question Chiba’s identity and threaten to eliminate his allies before killing him. The battle begins when Toneri’s Zero Frame launches Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion at Momoshiki. Momoshiki absorbs and magnifies the attack through Takamimusubi no Kami, then redirects it toward Kaguya.
At the crucial moment, Kaguya uses Amenotejikara to exchange places with one of the Zero Types, causing the amplified attack to destroy that Zero Type instead. Black Zetsu realizes that Kaguya’s use of Amenotejikara was likely preprogrammed through an Uchiha Transcription Seal, and suspects that Chiba secretly arranged it.
The same strategy is repeatedly used. The allied fighters either amplify attacks through Momoshiki and redirect them at their own comrades, or target an ally and use Amenotejikara to swap that ally with a Zero Type. Because their movements appear perfectly anticipated, the Zero Types are successively destroyed despite their overwhelming strength and occasional evasive abilities. Eventually, all nine replicas vanish.
Before the final Zero Type disappears, it threatens Chiba and declares that the replicas were not its true body. It claims to possess a greater trump card prepared by its original body, foreshadowing a more dangerous confrontation.

Character Developments

• Chiba demonstrates extraordinary preparation and control. His Future Sight allows him to predict the number of Zero Types, while Rebirth: Tenseigan lets him summon powerful figures from the past. He remains behind the scenes, directing the battle through carefully arranged abilities.
• Kaguya shifts from apparent target to essential participant in the strategy. Her calm reaction to Momoshiki’s redirected attack shows that she understands and trusts the plan involving Amenotejikara.
• Momoshiki proves useful as a force multiplier, absorbing attacks and returning them at vastly increased strength through Takamimusubi no Kami.
• Black Zetsu becomes increasingly alarmed. Madara’s resurrection unsettles him because of his past betrayal, while Kaguya’s hidden Amenotejikara activation makes him realize how much Chiba has manipulated events.
• Six Paths Madara, Hagoromo, and Hamura are resurrected and immediately join the battle against the shared threat, despite the complicated history between Kaguya and her sons.
• The Zero Types move from confidence to rage and humiliation as their replicas are destroyed. Their final threat reveals that the defeated forms were only copies and that the original Zero Type remains a major danger.

Significant Themes

• Preparation and foresight versus raw power: The Zero Types possess immense strength, but Chiba’s planning and Future Sight allow the opposing side to exploit predictable conditions.
• The true value of Amenotejikara: The technique is shown to be more than a teleportation or position-swapping ability. Combined with Transcription Seal and coordinated attacks, it becomes a decisive weapon capable of turning an enemy’s own power against them.
• Manipulation and control: Chiba does not need to fight directly; he influences resurrected warriors and coordinates their actions like puppets, raising questions about free will and agency.
• Resurrection and temporary alliances: Former enemies and rivals fight together against a common enemy, while the resurrection of Madara, Hagoromo, and Hamura complicates Kaguya and Black Zetsu’s relationships.
• Victory over appearances: The apparent destruction of all nine Zero Types is revealed to be incomplete, since they were only replicas of a surviving original body.

Important Character Interactions

• Chiba and the resurrected warriors: Chiba’s will guides Madara, Hagoromo, and Hamura, turning them into battlefield allies.
• Kaguya and her sons: Kaguya reacts uneasily to the resurrection of Hagoromo and Hamura, who had once opposed her, but they cooperate against the Zero Types.
• Black Zetsu and Madara: Madara’s return terrifies Black Zetsu because Black Zetsu had previously betrayed and ambushed him.
• Momoshiki and Kaguya: Momoshiki deliberately redirects a magnified attack toward Kaguya, but the attack is part of a coordinated trap.
• Kaguya and the Zero Types: Through Amenotejikara, Kaguya repeatedly swaps her allies with Zero Types, causing the latter to destroy themselves.
• Chiba and the final Zero Type: The Zero Type recognizes that Chiba is the true strategist behind the battle and ends the chapter by promising that its original body will unleash a greater threat.